VisiCalc on the Apple - yes, now I recall that you're correct - before PCs. That and Electric Pencil got the movement away from typewriters started (guess who had a near-monopoly on typewriters?)
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From: David Kelly Date: Friday, October 21, 2005 5:23 am Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] eclipse and avr-gcc? >> On Oct 20, 2005, at 11:23 PM, John Altstadt wrote:
> >
> > stevech wrote:
> >
> >> But, VisiCalc, which I say "MADE" PCs happen, ran OK none the
> >> less, and ran
> >> on Apples too.
> >
> > John (who is feeling old and crotchety today, realizing that he has
> > lived through more than two thirds of digital computer history and
> > worked through more than a third of it (and being paid to learn
> a new
> > language right now, so it's not all bad))
>
> Thought I'd let someone else speak up and correct stevech but
> VisiCalc shipped on Apple ][ *first*. It was some time later
> before
> it shipped on PC.
>
> Clearly if we are to be treated with any respect we need a VC port
> to
> AVR... :-)
>
> --
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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